Shocker.



No. 875,031. PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907. R. WOODS. SHOOKER.

APPLICATION FILED $113.26. 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 875,031. PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907. 11. woons.

SHOGKER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26. 1007.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Will/177A lV/TNESSES RQBERT WOODS, OF MIN'iO, NORTH DAKOTA.

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, Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed February 26, 1907-. Serial No. 359,458,.

Patented 113cc. er, ieo'z,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Bonnier Woons, a

resident of Minto, in the county of Walshand State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful lm rovements in Shockers; and I do hereby eclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled-in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved shocker, the object of the invention being to provide an im which will get er the bundles or stalks from the harvester into a shock and drop or dump the shock in an upright osition and move to position to receive anot er shock. i

A further object is to provide an improved shock forming dump.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in. certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as "Will'be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation illustrating my im Fig. 2 1s a cross sect1on. Fig.

provements. 5;} is a top plan view of the shock forming dump Fig. 4 is a view in section thereof, and ig. 5 is a detail-view of the automatic brake for the dump.

1 represents a rectangular open frame hav ing depending brackets 2 to which stub ax les 3 are secured and having bearings in the hubs of traction wheels 4, and support the frame midway its ends, and any suitable rods or framework (hot shown) may connect the frame 1 with the harvester to compel them to move over the ground together.

A vertically movable shocker frame 5 is supported in frame 1' and guided in its movement by the corner standards of frame 1, and pins 5 are rejected into any of a series of openings in t 1 to limit the downward movement of the shocker frame and hence adjust the latter according to the length of the stalks being received therein and properly osition various heights of shock. The sliocker 'h'arne has bearings 6 for trunnions '7 at the oppo-l site sides of a double shock forming dump 8,

permitting the latter to turn to set the shock' on end and turn to a position to receive the next. shock, which will more fully hereinafter appear.

he shook forming dump comprises two roved device of this character to the spout e corner standards of 'frame similar receptacles 8, secured back to back and normally to form a shock therein and the receptacles are of general cylindrical form having open tops to receive the bundles or stalks and having a closed end 9. The opening at thetop adjacent to the closed end 9 is comparatively narrow, just wide enough to receive a bundie, but the opening widens out atthe opposite end of the receptacle, and the sides are braced by strengthening ribs 10, which latter also serve to bind the receptacles firmly together.

Cross bars 11 are secured between the receptacles 8 and project at their ends beyond the sides of the dump, to engage a beveled spring catch 12 on shocker'trame 5, when the dump is turned and moved beneath the spring catch 12 and against a locking pin 13, thus the catch 12 and pin 13 located above and below the cross bar 11, will hold the dump against turning movement while receivingthe shock, and a cord 14 connected with locking pin 13 may be pulled by the operator on the harvester to dump the shock at the pro er time.

A top p ate 14 ish provided with a guide spout 15 to direct t e below, and the bundles or stalks are carried 15 by an endless toothed conveyer 16, turning about rollers 17 at the ends of an inclined lat'lorm 17, the latter resting on frame 1 an supported at its lower end by an extension 18 of the harvester, said extension 18 having a caster wheel 19 supporting the same.

A driving sprocket wheel20 is secured to one of the wheel hubs and connected by a sprocket chain 21 with a sprocket wheel 22 on a short shaft 23 at one corner of frame 10 This shaft 23, through the medium of suitable gearing, drives a short shaft 24 at right angles thereto, and the latter carries a sprocket whee/125 connected by a chain 26 with a sprocket wheel 27 on the shaft of the up er roll 17 to drive the toothed conveyor an carry the" bundles or stalks up to the spout 15 and into the receptacle 8 slow,

When a shock has been stormed in the upper receptacle 8, the operator pulls cord 14: to release locking pin 13 and the pre onderance of weight at the -forward end o the dum will cause that endto war and an eccentric 28 on one of the trunresting in horizontal position to receive bundles or stalks from a harvester,

move downis secured on frame 1 and bundles or stalks into the receptacle 8 too nions 7 vwill engage a brake-band 2 9 to serve as a brake and prevent .a too rapid turning of theishock forming dump. As the vehicle moves forward with the turning of'the .dum the shock-will be deposited. on: the groun after which,'tl1'e engagement of the shock by the parts of the dump receptacle near the closed end of the latter will cause said. dump to wh te ahorizontal position and bring the 10' will-move between catch-12 and locking pin' other receptacle to the-top,'when the bar 11' Band secure the dump in position to re ceive another shock.

Agreatfmany slight changes might be made nil-the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence, Ido not restrict myself to the precise details set forth ,butconsider. myself at liberty to make such slightchanges and alterations as fairly fall within the fisj'iirit and scope of my invention.

- wheeled frame, of a vertically movable.

' I claim as new, and

Having y described my invention, What ters-Patent is 1.4 In ajshocker; the combination with a frame, of a dump revolubly mounted in said frame, and comprising two shock receiving receptacles secured back to back and each having an open front and one open end;

-2 In a shocker-,1 the combination with a frame on the Wheeled frame, a shock forming e cles,';trunnions on'the dump having rotary dump having two. shock-receiving receptamounting in the, vertically movable frame, an eccentric on'one of said trunmons, and a dump desire to secure by t".

band brake engaging said'eccentric to retard I rotary movement of the dum 3. In a shocker, the combination with a wheeled frame, of a vertically movable frame on the-hwheeled frame, a shock forming dump provided with two shook-receiving recepta- I formin dump, a harvester, an in wheeled frame, ofa shock forming dump having rotary support in the frame and comprising two receptacles secured-back to back, each receptacle having one closed end and. an open front, said openings in the front being, comparatively narrow at the closed end of the receptacle and very Wide at the open end thereof, and said dump adapted to turn to dump a shock and bring the lower receptacle into position to receive a shock.

In testimony whereof,'l have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- 1 lng witnesses. 1

I ROBERT WOODS.

' Witnesses:

Sornmf E. WRIGHT. PHIL S. RANDALL. 

